Addressing World Climate Change Conference in Paris, he said Pakistan believes that a comprehensive and meaningful climate change agreement must be anchored around the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.
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Ajay Mathur, one of the key Indian negotiators said that 22 countries took part in the first meeting of the steering committee of the alliance held today and it saw a very large number of concrete suggestions on how to structure the ISA, the idea of which was mooted by Modi.
Hollande lauded Prime Minister Modi’s initiative as a paradigm shift. “That is natural climate justice”, Modi asserted.
This has also led to souring cricketing ties, with an Indo-Pak cricket series scheduled for December this year in doldrums. The prime minister, however, declined to divulge details of his brief meeting with the Indian prime minister.
India has 1.25 billion people.
India has set the ambitious target of deploying non-fossil fuel electricity generating systems that supply 40 percent of the country’s cumulative installed capacity by 2030.
Noting that energy sources and “excesses” of industrial age have put the planet in peril, Modi said the world must turn to sun to power the future.
Modi expects the clean power initiative would require $100bn investment per year by 2020.
Mr. Modi along with French President Francois Hollande launched the International Solar Alliance and pledged India’s assistance of $ 30 million for the initiative that brings together developed and developing countries.
International Solar Alliance is the evidence that the world is acknowledging renewable means, Kamath added.
Saying that over the next few days the fate of the planet will be decided, he called for genuine global partnership and added that India must grow rapidly to meet energy needs of everyone. “We obviously welcome any direct contacts between prime ministers of India and Pakistan”, the secretary-general’s spokesman, Stephane Dujarric”, told APP at UN Headquarters in NY when asked for the UN chief’s reaction on the development.
“During their meeting in Paris, Modi himself walked up to Nawaz Sharif and shook hands; it shows the tolerance of our Prime Minister”. But emissions would continue to grow under the plan, as its economy grows. The Pavilion will also have information on the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC).
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Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Tuesday said that Pakistan and India should hold talks to address their outstanding issues. He expressed solidarity with France regarding the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France.
